Sept 11, 2014 Special Event - Raleigh Jam Goes to Gizmo Brewpub

Join the Raleigh Ukulele Jam for a special event at Gizmo Brew Works, a small craft brewery in our neighborhood, on Thursday, September 11.  Just bring your Ukulele and I will bring the music books.  We will meet there at 6:30 pm for jamming and some beer tasting for those who want to indulge. 

This is a great little place started by a few local young people.  It’s tucked in the back of a small industrial park, nothing fancy, just great beer and fun people.  Gizmo Brew Works is located in the Umstead industrial park off Glenwood near I-540, just a couple of miles from our Regular Uke Jam location.  Note that they serve beer, water, and sodas only, great stuff all brewed on-site…but no food. 

This is in part a first anniversary celebration for the Raleigh Jam, so there will be cake!  I have attached the link to their website and a map showing the location, close to I-540 off Glenwood, its easy to get there from anywhere in the triangle. 

http://gizmobrewworks.com/

At the last open mike, Jules and I did a couple of new songs (21st century), Home by JohnnySwim and Southern Girl by Amos Lee.  I got a couple of requests to post the music for these and bring them to a  future Jam so I am posting them here today..........Enjoy

Dave

The open mike last night was a lot of fun. We did not have a big crowd but we had a lot of great songs and the folks there really enjoyed the performances. We had some of the usual performers from the Jam, but also a couple of first time performers. Always great to see someone step up and take that risk to perform in front of a group.
I was lucky enough to get my favorite drummer to join me and J on a couple of new songs. Always working to drag the Jam into the 21st century, J found us a couple of very recent songs to do by Amos Lee and Johnnyswim . We also had several classics from the 60s and earlier Uke classics.
I think the next 5th Thursday Jam will occur in October, so start planning and practicing now.

Remember that next Thursday is the first Thursday of August, so we will be Jamming that night.             See you there.

David

NEXT JAM - OPEN MIKE - JULY 31st

Don't forget, this Thursday July 31st is Open Mike Night at the Raleigh Uke Jam. 

Come perform a couple of songs for the group, practice your stage techniques in front of a very friendly group, check off another one of those items on your bucket list...

"#42 - play ukulele song in front of an audience - check" √

We had a good turnout last time. We met some new friends and learned some new songs. Always something interesting coming out of these open mike nights.  

Looking forward to seeing all of you there.

Thanks

David

The open mike night on May 29th was great.  We had a bout a dozen performers and a number of guests who just listened and enjoyed.  The group included three new folks so it is good to see we continue to grow.  One of the big hits of the performances was Ivan doing "Ukuleles aren't allowed in Bluegrass".  We loved the song so much we added it to the notebook and I uploaded a copy here to the Blog so everyone could practice at home.  We also did several songs with Kazoo parts, thanks to Pete for passing out the kazoos, now everyone has one in their Uke Case.

I updated the Table of Contents here so you can see what songs are in the book we use.

At the first Jam in June we also had two new Uke players come to the Jam for the first time.  Great to have new folks coming in and seeing the ranks of Ukulele players expanding.  The next Jam is on Thursday June 19th.

Thanks - Dave

The next Jam is on TUESDAY May 13th.
We had to move the date because the church has some activities going on that week.  I will also post this on Facebook and I will try to remember
(someone should remind me) to send out an email the weekend before.

Remember that the Open mike night is scheduled for May 29th.

Wow , the Jam last night was great with the addition of two harmonica players (Vic and Peter)  to the mix.  I hope you guys can come back again, the blending of instruments was fun.
 
Thanks Vivian for linking up the Harmonica players with our Jam.  

Jack is bringing in the music for “I’m an Urban Spaceman “ to the next Jam.  Here is a link to see the United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra perform this song.  I also posted the song here so you can try it out in advance.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y0WgkVCW4Y

 

I also posted the music for:

      All of Me , and

     Bye Bye Blackbird.

these are popular Uke songs and so I thought you might like to practice some at home.  

Thanks, See you next time at the Jam

 

the next meeting is Thursday night, May 1st.  We have some new songs to add to the books, so I hope to get some help from the early arrivers with inserting the new pages.

also, it looks like our second meeting in May will have to move to Wednesday night.  we will discuss that at the next meeting,.  the church has a big event going on May 15th and so will will need to shift our meeting back to Wednesday May 14th.

remember the Open Mike night scheduled for Thursday May 29th.
Plan to do a couple of songs on stage, and bask in the glory of the applause.

I added a new song to the list here, Counting the Hours by Pops Bayless.  We have been enjoying learning to play that one and so I thought you might like to have access to the music at home to practice on your own.

see you Thursday.